In Biopython, sequences are usually held as a Seq object, which holds the sequence string and an associated alphabet.

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In Biopython, sequences are usually held as Seq objects, which hold the sequence string and an associated alphabet.

There is a whole chapter in the [http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html Tutorial] on the Seq object.

There is a whole chapter in the [http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html Tutorial] on the Seq object.

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If you need to store additional information like a sequence identifer or name, or even more details like a description or annotation, then we use a [[SeqRecord]] object instead. These are the sequence record used by the [[SeqIO]] module for reading and writing sequence files.

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If you need to store additional information like a sequence identifer or name, or even more details like a description or annotation, then we use a [[SeqRecord]] object instead. These are the sequence records used by the [[SeqIO]] module for reading and writing sequence files.

Revision as of 11:58, 12 November 2007

In Biopython, sequences are usually held as Seq objects, which hold the sequence string and an associated alphabet.

If you need to store additional information like a sequence identifer or name, or even more details like a description or annotation, then we use a SeqRecord object instead. These are the sequence records used by the SeqIO module for reading and writing sequence files.